Dorothye Bishop
Jan 31, 2005
Dorothye L. Bishop, 81, of Hillsboro passed away Monday, January 31, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Dorothye was born April 18, 1923 in Monticello, Arkansas the daughter of James Monroe and Anna Lee Moore Mitchell. From 1963-1986 she owned House of Flowers in Hillsboro and worked as a florist until 1999. On May 15, 1955 she married...
William Fleming
Jan 31, 2005
William "Gene" Fleming, 84, of Hillsboro passed away Monday, January 31, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Gene was born July 23, 1920 in Bonham, Texas the son of Jesse and Nancy Chaffin Fleming. He was raised in Bonham. He joined the U. S. Army Air Corp during WWII in the European Theater, serving at Normandy, Central Europe,...
Ruby Mcdowell
Jan 29, 2005
Ruby Faye was the daughter of James William and Donia McClister Eagan. She grew up in Hill County and graduated from Bynum High School. After high school, she moved to Dallas and worked there most of her adult life. Ruby returned to Bynum and Hillsboro for a few years to take care of her parents before returning to the...
Leon Vorpahl
Jan 29, 2005
Rev. Vorpahl was born September 21, 1918 in Guadalupe County to George and Selma Amanda Bargfrede Vorpahl. He attended schools in Tavner, TX before graduating from Richmond High School. Following high school, he helped his brother on the family farm for a time before heading to Baylor University, from where he graduated in 1943. The following year on August...
Mary Walker
Jan 28, 2005
Mary Katherine Walker was the daughter of Clarence and Athalee Frank Myers. She grew up in Hillsboro and graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1952. During that time she was a member of Line St. United Methodist Church. Mary attended Draughn's Business College in Dallas. She married James Pendergrass in 1953 and moved to Pawnee, Oklahoma then later moved...
Mary Craig
Jan 27, 2005
Mary Frances Craig, 88 of Cleburne died on January 27, 2005 at Walls Regional Hospital in Cleburne. A registered nurse, she was a caregiver at Cleburne Memorial Hospital until her retirement in 1982. Mary was married to Edward Gleen Craig until he preceded her in death on January 26, 1964. Also preceding her in death were her parents, Bun...
Hayzen Plunkett
Jan 27, 2005
Hayzen Irene Ashley Plunkett, 88, of Hillsboro, passed away Thursday, January 27, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Hayzen was born May 19, 1916 in Newport, Oklahoma the daughter of John Calvin and Enna Myrtle Chapman Ashley. On December 23, 1936 she married A. B. Plunkett and they made their home in Abbott. They had one daughter, Janette...
Verla Poston
Jan 25, 2005
Verla Ann Poston, 69, of Hillsboro, passed away Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at Hill Regional Hospital. Verla was born November 1, 1935 in Bay City, Texas the daughter of She was the daughter of Gilbert and Sylvia Vaughn Walters. Since 1968 she had lived in the Woodbury Community. On May 15, 1952 she married William T. ?Bill? Poston and...
Violet Burson
Jan 22, 2005
Violet Ernestine Mullan Burson, 88, of Hillsboro passed away Saturday, January 22, 2005 at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Violet was born July 25, 1916 in Forrest, Texas the daughter of Eugene and Sara Josephine Swain Mullan. She graduated from Sam Houston State Teachers College with a degree in elementary education. She married her college sweetheart, Robert Denis "Dickey...
Harold Lehmann
Jan 22, 2005
Harold Dean Lehmann, 70, of Whitney passed away in Waco on January 22, 2005. He was the son of John Wiliam and Laura Hodde Lehmann. He lived in Hill County all of his life. He lived in the Malone area until moving to Whitney in 1949. He worked for the Whitney Gin from the early 50's until the middle...
Bernice Carpenter
Jan 17, 2005
Bernice "Penny" Carpenter, 76. of Waco passed away Monday, Jan. 17, 2005 in Waco. Bernice was the daughter of Otto and Leta White Ratliff and had lived in the Aquilla area for 20 years. She married James Oren Ferguson and he preceded her in death in 1967. Later she married Billy Carpenter in 1979 and he preceded her in...
Dennis Holliday
Jan 17, 2005
Dennis "Doc" Holliday, 57, of Whitney passed away at his residence on January 17, 2005. He was the son of Aubrey Dale and Rowena Ballard Holliday. He had lived in Fort Worth and Whitney most of his life. He was a member of Sons of American Legion, Post 522, Whitney, TX. He married Susan Henshaw in June 1994 in...
Edna Johnson
Jan 16, 2005
Edith Johnson 91, of Whitney passed away at her residence on January 16, 2005. Edna was the second of twelve children born to Hayden and Jessie Lasiter Chasteen. She moved to a farm in Grapevine in 1929. She met and married Lee Bridges in 1936. Three boys were bron to them. In 1963 she married Charles Johnson. She was...
Raleigh Rogers
Jan 16, 2005
Raleigh Wayne Rogers, 82, of Hillsboro passed away Sunday, January 16, 2005 at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Raleigh was born May 29, 1922 in Hillsboro, the son of George Sherman and Lula Pearl McCoy Rogers. On August 29, 1941 he married Reba Walker in Mexia, Texas. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Hillsboro where he...
Robert Maass
Jan 15, 2005
Robert Maass, 38, of Bynum passed away January 15, 2005. Robert was born October 31, 1966 in Hillsboro, the son of James and Mary Ann Shirey Maass. He was a lifetime resident of Hill County. He graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1985, Hill College, and received a Business Degree from Southwest Texas State University in 1990. A farmer...
Faye Dumas
Jan 14, 2005
Faye Padgett Dumas, 86, of Burleson passed away on January 14, 2005 in Fort Worth. The daughter of Arthur Garfield and Annie Elmina Taylor Padgett, Faye attended the Arnotville school through the 8th grade and graduated from Hillsboro High School. A resident of Hill County most of her life, she married Curtis O. Dumas on Nov. 14, 1937. He...
Fredrick Johnson Jr
Jan 14, 2005
Curry Johnson, 62, of Whitney passed away on January 14, 2005 in Whitney. He was the son Fredrick Curry and Henrietta Brumme Johnson, Sr. He married Linda Stansberry in Meridian on October 17, 1979. He was a retired Department of Public Safety Trooper. He started his career in Taylor, Texas in 1970 and later worked in Bosque and Hill...
Travis Cockerham
Jan 12, 2005
Travis Casey Cockerham, 3 months old, passed away Wednesday, January 12, 2005, in Hillsboro. Travis was born September 23, 2004 in Fort Worth, Texas the son of Russell and Jeanie Lewis Cockerham. Survivors include his parents, Jeanie and Russell Cockerham of Itasca; a brother, Trevor of Itasca; a sister, Brittany of Itasca; his grandparents, Danny and Carol Lewis of...
Bobby Ratliff
Jan 12, 2005
Bobby Wayne Ratliff, 46, of Hewitt passed away January 12, 2005 in Whitney. He was the son of Ben Richard and Patsy Ruth McEwin Ratliff. He graduated from Temple Christian Academy in 1977. He and Lisa Stevens were joined in marriage June 8, 1979 in Bosque County, Texas. Bobby was a truck driver for 10 years before working for...
Henry Jones
Jan 11, 2005
Henry Frances Jones, 74 of Whitney passed away at his residence on January 11, 2005. He was the son of Ernest and Alma Smith Jones. He married Marilyn McCoy on March 9, 1950 in Lebanon, Indiana. He liked to fish, football games, listening to the radio and loved the outdoors. He was preceded in death by his parents; son,...
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